New and Noteworthy: Apple's results, and the press reaction; Groxis Visualization Software comes to Mac; more
New and Noteworthy: Apple's results, and the press reaction; Groxis Visualization Software comes to Mac; more
Apple's results, and the press reaction Naysayers are back in force. SiliconValley.com draws some odd conclusions about Apple's financial results: "There are other signs that the numbers are not shifting in Apple's favor. Subscriptions to Macworld, a major magazine for Apple followers, are unchanged at 400,000 compared with last year. Also, Apple said Wednesday that it sold fewer computers this spring than it did a year ago, though it brought in more money because more of those computers were high-end laptops." Apple said its profit in the quarter ended June 28 fell to $19 million, or 5 cents a share, from $32 million, or 9 cents, a year ago. Sales rose 8.1 percent from $1.43 billion to $1.55 billion, their highest level in 11 quarters. More.
iChat AV makes "competition look crude" The SunSpot is the latest publication to chime in with a raving review of Apple's iChat AV. "With the introduction of its iChat AV software and iSight Web camera, Apple Computer Inc. has applied its characteristic magic touch to the realm of video chat. And though it may not be perfect, Apple's incarnation of video over the Internet makes most of the competition look crude." More.
Groxis Visualization Software comes to Mac Groxis has announced the availability Grokker for the Apple Macintosh platform. "The company's groundbreaking software is used for exploring vast collections of documents, journals, photos, and web pages, -- visually. Mac users now have a powerful new Internet research tool that lets them search the Web more deeply and more meaningfully than with a web browser alone. Built for Mac OS X v10.2 Jaguar and above, Grokker is one of the first programs to leverage Apple's Safari SDK for high performance 'Web Grokking.'" More.Resources